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The foundations for the future of BT's 5G network are open source, as well as supporting edge services and practically every virtualised aspect. Group chief architect Neil McRae explains why Canonical was the natural fit

Linux AcademyImage by ITWorld ShopThe Linux Academy provides an online platform with several Linux-related courses available to choose from.
It includes a hands-on training platform, which follows a learn-by-doing procedure for users...

Lower total cost of ownership
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The most obvious advantage of open source software is the products are normally free to download, although it does incur running costs such as storage and...

In this episode of Do More With R, Sharon shows you how to send Slack messages using R. It may not seem helpful at first, but there's plenty of uses. You can even use it to notify yourself or others when a lengthy R script finishes...

With all of the major cloud providers now offering a service mesh solution, as well as some smaller providers, has the technology finally arrived on the enterprise stage?

Appian founder and board game designer Matt Calkins believes that "openness is the way to go" with regards to running the proprietary low-code provider, and said that - while there are no plans at present - he hasn't ruled out open...